do we need transit visa?

[godisgood74 3]

Hello Folks, if you flying from Ghana to USA on Lufthansa making transit at Frankfurt do you require to have a transit visa?

Thanks

[Reyan 56]

Check this website out:

http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/05__Legal/02__Directory__Services/01__Visa/__Transit__Visa.html

[godisgood74 3]

thanks very much!1

[jarta 24]

i once transit through Frankfurt with a US tourist visa on my way to the US in Dec 2010. i didn't get a transit visa for Germany.

i don't think you do either but things might have changed since then. check out this site:

https://www.klm.com/travel/us_en/prepare_for_travel/travel_planning/travel_clinic/visaform.htm

you can also call the airline you are traveling with and they might be able to confirm that for you.

Edited December 18, 2012 by jarta

[evanstwist 1]

yes u need a transit visa

[godisgood74 3]

this is immigrant visa, why do i need transit visa? there are so many different opinions. I have checked the german consulate website here in usa and it saids you dont need one

[Reyan 56]

Based on the website I posted, you would not need a transit visa:

AFGHANISTAN, BANGLADESH, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, ERITREA, ETHIOPIA, GHANA, INDIA, IRAN, IRAQ, JORDAN ** (please see below), LEBANON, MYANMAR, MALI, NIGERIA, PAKISTAN, SOMALIA, SRI LANKA, SUDAN, SOUTH SUDAN, SYRIA, TURKEY

Exceptions: Nationals from the above list are entitled to transit through the international transit zones without an airport transit visa:

1. If they hold a valid visa for the United States of America

http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/05__Legal/02__Directory__Services/01__Visa/__Transit__Visa.html

Edited December 18, 2012 by Reyan

[Treva 3]

Hello Folks, if you flying from Ghana to USA on Lufthansa making transit at Frankfurt do you require to have a transit visa?

Thanks

Hi, here's cut/paste from Timatic. Timatic is what the airline ticket agents use to verify visa requirements when you check-in at the airport. Transit w/o a visa is OK for Frankfurt if the Ghanaian is holding a valid USA visa.

National Ghana (GH) /Transit Germany (DE)

Destination USA (US)

ALSO CHECK DESTINATION INFORMATION BELOW

Germany (DE)

- Passports must be signed by the bearer. Passports without

signatures For details, click here

Visa required, except for holders of a valid "D" visa issued

by another Schengen Member State For details, click here

TWOV (Transit Without Visa):

- ONLY IF ALL CONDITIONS BELOW ARE MET-

Visa required, except for Nationals of Ghana holding onward

tickets in transit For details, click here ONLY through Cologne/Bonn

(CGN), Frankfurt (FRA), Munich (MUC), Hamburg (HAM),

Dusseldorf (DUS) and ONLY when arriving on flights operated by

Air Berlin at Berlin Tegel (TXL). *Note: TWOV is not possible

when arriving from a non-Schengen Member State AND departing

to a Schengen Member StateFor details, click here

See conditions per location: For details, click here

- applicable to holders of a valid visa issued by Bulgaria,

Canada, Cyprus, Ireland (Rep. of), Japan, Romania, or

United Kingdom; or:

- applicable to those returning from Bulgaria, Canada,

Cyprus, Ireland (Rep. of), Japan, Romania, USA or United

Kingdom after having used the visa; or:

- applicable to holders of a valid visa issued by USA; or:

- applicable to holders of an expired visa for the USA,

provided holding an I-797 notice of an extension applicable

to that visa.

Edited December 19, 2012 by Treva

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